17 Health Violations Found In This Charlotte Mexican Restaurant

CHARLOTTE, NC — Two Charlotte-area mexican restaurants saw their health grades drop recently after kitchen inspections found brake fluid stored in the kitchen, moldy food, flies and employees improperly washing their hands, according to Mecklenburg County public health officials.

Do you truly know how clean your favorite coffee shop or restaurant is? Find out with the most recent restaurant and food service inspections in Charlotte, Huntersville, Davidson, and elsewhere in Mecklenburg County, performed by the Mecklenburg County Health Department.

County health officials recently inspected 113 restaurants in the Charlotte-metro area. Of those restaurants, one received a "B" health grade and one a “C”:

• Mi Tierrita, 1125 E. Sugar Creek Road — 83/ B
• Las Meras Tortas, 5661 Farm Pond Lane — 77/ C

A May 31 inspection as Las Meras Tortas documented 13 violations for infractions ranging from employees handling raw chicken before attempting to handle bread and employees washing gloves instead of their hands, to food with no date marks and kept at improper temperatures.

At Mi Tierrita, 17 violations were documented during an inspection, including beer stored in the handwashing sink, moldy ham and hotdogs in a reach in cooler, raw eggs stored above salsa, a bottle of brake fluid stored on the clean equipment rack and flies inside the restaurant.

Results from the Mecklenburg County Health Department inspections done May 29 - June 4, 2019 are listed below. You may look up your favorite restaurant or find more detailed information about this latest batch of inspections here.